The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-18

son county, to day gave birth to four
children, three of which are alive and
promising. The fourth died soon after
its birth.
Tennessee has two streams called
Daddy and Nanny creeks. They
were named away back when the
state was FIRST settled. A husband
and wife riding along on horseback
began quareling, and when they ar.
rived at the first stream the former
soundly cuffed his wife. He then
named the stream Daddy creek. They
logged along still quarreling till they
came to the second creek, when the
woman picked up the limb of a tree
and felled her companion, and tri-
umphantly named the water Nanny
eek.-Exchange.
Alamo Sentinel Last Tuesday
some young ladies and gentlemen
were playing crOquet in Mr.. Goodies
back yard. Hallum GoOdlOe owns
target gun and one of the young la
dies concluded that she wanted to try
her hand at shootinga bird in one of
the shade trees. She fired-mssed
the bird, of cOurse-and the bullet
sped on its way to the residence of
DR.. j. W. JohnsOl, passed through
the weatherboarding of his kitchen
and struck Mrs. johnson on the jaw,
frightening her very much, but, fol-
tuuately, iOdicting only a sill hit
wound.
Alamo Sentinel: A report has heen
circulated here this week that a man
by the name of John Mays was
hanged at Maury City last Friday
night, by three or four masked men,
to make him tell the whereabouts of
the gold watch stolen from n store in
Maury two or three weeks ago. 1t
seems that Mays is a friend of the
Tice boys, who are in Jail charged
with the robbery, worked with them
on their fathers farm, and it is sup.
posed they thought he knew what the
boys had done with the watch. He
could not tell them anything, and, af.
ter swining him up a time or two,
and choking him pretty severely. they
we're compelled to let him 20, without
obtaining any information.
ObiOn Democrat There is evident
" a determined effort on the part oil
the citizens of our neighboring town,
to make Union City an asylum fol
children Of questionable parentage
Thursday night of last week, about 1;
o'clock. Mr.. Frazier, who lives in thu
eastern part of the city, WAS awakened
by the barking Of his dog, and, upol
going to the front door, he discovered
a male child three days old On tn,
porch. The babe was clad in a Gallo,
dress. which was no doubt, used I,
throw suspicion from its parents, who
it is reported, stand high in the socie
ty Of an adjoining state. 1t is nee1
less to say that our citizens are gettinI
tired of such treatment, and will in
augurate strong effort to disclose tn
names of those who send the result q
their unhOly alliance to this place
Detectives have heen engaged an
startling and sensational development
may he looked for.
jackson Wing: Miss Harwell, tn
lS year old daughter of Mr.. T. J
Harwell, of Chester county, ran ava
and married Mr.. John Shackleford
of the same county, in this city abou
two weeks ago. Rev. DR.. Vass pei
7 formed the ceremony. The indignan
father swOre out a warrant, ha
ShackiefOrd arrested in Dyer count
and placed in Jail at Henderson. Th
young bride accompanied her fathe
home. The suit was dismissed an
the groom was released from jai
Shackleford went to Mr.. Harwell
for his wife, hut she refused to g
with him. He swore out a petitio
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